Lacing-hook.



No. 859,460. PATENTED JULY 9, 1907.

WI A- LAGING HOOK APPLICATION PILED JAN. 28. 1907.

Swank) UNITED STATES WILLIAM A. MoINTOSH, OF WILBUR, WASHINGTON.

LAGING-HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 1907.

Application filed January 28,1907. Serial No. 354,509.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WrLtrAM A. MoIN'rosH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Wilbur, in the county of Lincoln and State ofWashington, have invented certain new and usefu Improvements inLacing-Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple, durable and cheapform of lacing hook for shoes. 4

The invention is particularly advantageous from the standpoint ofmanufacture, and the hook comprising the same is very substantial and isintended to prevent likelihood of disengagement of the laces of theshoes therefrom, under actual conditions of service of the article. I

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof andalso to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction, reference isto be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, inwhich: 7

Figure l is a side elevation of a lacing hook comprising the inventionapplied. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. 3 is a sectionalview on the line x-x of Fig. 2 looking outwardly toward the under sideof the hook.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

Specifically describing the invention, the lacing hook is of the generalconformation of those most commonly in use at the present time,especially upon mens shoes. Said hook consists of the base 1 adapted tobe secured to the flaps of a shoe, or to any similar equiva lent part,and from which extends outwardly the hook member 2. The hook member 2 isan integral extension of the base 1 and curves outwardly and laterallyso that its outer portion is in a substantially parallel relation to thebase. The hook member 2 is formed with an integral leaf 3 at its outerextremity, said leaf being bent beneath the outermost portion of thehook member and having an intermediate portion thereof presseddownwardly to form a curved protuberance. The extremity of the leaf 3 isbent "upwardly upon itself and is formed with the lateral arms 4 whichproject in opposite directions therefrom and are engaged by smalltongues 5, which extend from opposite sides of the hook member 2, andare bent beneath the outermost portion of said hook member to engage thesaid arms 4 of the leaf 3. The protuberance formed by the leaf 3 has aspring action which prevents or obviates likelihood of accidentaldisplacement of the lacing from the lacing hook, especially if thelacing of the shoe be comes slightly loose, the hook is of course asdurable, if not more so than those at present commonly in use.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A lacing hook comprising a base, an outstanding hook member, anextension projecting from the hook member and bent rearwardly againstthe same to form a protuberance for the purpose specified, and tonguescarried by the hook member, for engaging the extension.

2. A lacing hook comprising a base, an outstanding hook member, anextension projecting from the hook member and bent rearwarclly againstthe same to form a protuberance for the purpose specified, laterallyextending arms carried by the extension, and means for connecting thesaid laterally extending arms and the hook member.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

J. DOUGLAS RIVET.

